せばめる

Japanese
Alternative spelling
狭める

Etymology

Cognate with 攻(せ)める (semeru), 責(せ)める (semeru), 迫(せま)る (semaru), 狭(せば)まる (sebamaru), and 狭(せま)い (semai).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) せばめ​る [sèbáméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞ba̠me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

せばめる • (sebameru) ←せばめる (sebameru)?godan (stem せばめり (sebameri), past せばめった (sebametta))

Japanese verb pair
active せばめる
mediopassive せばまる
  1. (transitive) to make narrow

Conjugation
Conjugation of "せばめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") せばめら sebamera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") せばめり sebameri
Shūshikei ("terminal") せばめる sebameru
Rentaikei ("attributive") せばめる sebameru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") せばめれ sebamere
Meireikei ("imperative") せばめれ sebamere
Key constructions
Passive せばめられる sebamerareru
Causative せばめらせる
せばめらす		 sebameraseru
sebamerasu
Potential せばめれる sebamereru
Volitional せばめろう sebamerō
Negative せばめらない sebameranai
Negative continuative せばめらず sebamerazu
Formal せばめります sebamerimasu
Perfective せばめった sebametta
Conjunctive せばめって sebamette
Hypothetical conditional せばめれば sebamereba

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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